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1 This is the fact, but not so their imperfect state.
2 They do not work, but merely impregnate the queen; after which they are driven from the hive, and perish of cold and starvation.
3 It appears, as Cuvier says, that the ancients had some notion that the swarm was multiplied by the aid of the drones.
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